May 21 Primary Election Day Approaches

May 14, 2024 Last Edit: January 10, 2025

May 21 Primary Election Day Approaches

Primary Election Day in Oregon is May 21. According to the Secretary of State, “County clerks began sending out ballots to all registered voters on May 1. All ballots must be postmarked or returned by 8 p.m. on Election Day, May 21, 2024.” The NFIB Oregon PAC, the state’s most influential and effective small business political action committee, endorsed 25 candidates for state House and Senate in the May 21 Primary Election. It has been a big part of NFIB’s educational mission for 80 years to remind policymakers that small businesses are not smaller versions of big business. They have a much more difficult time than big businesses do in keeping their doors open. The following links provide brief information that NFIB Oregon, the state’s largest and leading small business association, recommends every voter and candidate acquaint himself or herself with.

What is a Small Business?
4 Distinctions Separating a Small from Big Business
The Power of the Small Business Voice
2024 End-of-Session Report on the Oregon Legislature
Oregon Legislature Adjourns for the Year
NFIB Oregon’s 2021-2022 Report Card on Legislators’ Votes (2023-2024 report card to be published soon)

Are you an NFIB member interested in running for office or wanting to get more politically involved? Check out the NFIB Path to Public Service series. This three-session, virtual program is designed to help NFIB members amplify their voices and share their small business expertise in government and political campaigns.? Next Up